gratitude

WhatWeCan’tAffordtoLo

---------thegratitudeforlife

Haveyoueverentheexamplesofshowinggratitudeinnature?

Afallenleavehugsthesoilfornourishingitsvein.

Asunflowerfollowsthesunlightforbakingbathingitsfulleds.

Astreamsingsfortherockybedforcarryingittothea.

Alittledoglicksmypalmforfeedingitmeat.

Whenpeopleaskmeabouttheesnceoflife,Iwouldsaythatlife

isforthanksgiving,nomattertothowhocomfortyouwhenyou’re

upt,orcatchyouwhenyoufall,ortowhothowhoteachyoua

lessonandshowyouwhatisunfairnessanduglinessare.

Thodayswhenthelossofgratitudespreadlikeacontagion,we

werecursingthislonelyandindifferentworldthatmadeusfearhesitate

giveupouratstooldpeople,theymaytakeit

forgrantedwithoutsaying“thankyou”.Whenwegetsomebodytohis

feetgiveothersahandwhentheyfalltotheground,wemayevenreceive

unfoundedcounter-charges.

AsacongenerUndoubtedly,Icouldfeelwouldoftensufferfromthe

stillholdthefirmbeliefthatwemustn’tgiveup

tallresultsinthegratitudeforlife,

tudeforlifeistheba

foundationofagoodmood,kindness,hope,toleranceandmutualtrust

betweenpeople,tgratitude,the

meritswouldfadeaway,whichmayleadtomorequarrelsandconflicts.

tgratitude,Wwewouldbecomefault

fault-finderswhoalwayxaggerateourdissatisfaction,andignorewhat

wealreadyhave.

InthefilmentitledthePursuitofHappiness,Iwasshockeddeeply

impresdbytheperveranceofthefather’sperverance,performed

ealizedthatitwasduetothefactthatallis

resultedinthathetreasurestreasuredandfeelsfeltgratefulforwhatlife

givesgavehim,liketheexperience,thechance,t

gratitude,howcancouldhesurvivewhenhesufferedfromthelossofhis

belovedwife,andthedeprivationoftheonlyshelter,?Withoutgratitude,

howcouldhechootosleepinthetoiletandmakingmakeahardliving

byllingheavymedicaldetectors.?

Comparedwiththowhosufferfrompoverty,hunger,diaand

warallovertheworldandthuswhoaregratefuljustforasmallpieceof

bread,t,

haveasnughome,intimatefriends,anot-badsoundhealthcondition,and

therighttopursueourdreams.

Ladiesandgentlemen,wecomeherenotonlytoreceive,butalsoto

’sdoitfromourlves,Wearesuppodtomakedonation,

activelyspontaneouslylendofferahelpinghandtothepeoplearound,or

nPpassitontoeverycornerof

theworldandtothenextgeneration,andmakeabetterworldwecan

surelyembraceamoreharmoniousplanetandexpectamorebrilliant

future.

Comment:

’dbetterattracttheaudience’sattentionandaroutheir

interestattheverybeginningbyaskingquestionsorquotingfromfamous

people.

’smore,itwouldbeevenbetterifyoucanmakeyourpoints

clearfromtheverystartandreiteratethemintheveryend.

morerhetoricalquestionsmaybemorehelpful,especially

whenyoucitespecificexamplestoillustrate.

I’mlookingforwardtoappreciatingyourwonderfulperformance!

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